$25,000 Challenge Day 1 | 2013 Aussie Millions

02-02-2013 15:33 UTC+10

Full Chip Count

Happy_Freaked

Level 3 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Esfandiari	121,000 -21,000	-21,000

Elio Fox	75,000 1,000	1,000

Daniel Neilson	74,500 1,500	1,500
Mike Watson	61,000 -9,000	-9,000

Jason Pritchard	56,500 6,500	6,500
Erik Seidel	55,000 5,000	5,000

Vanessa Selbst	52,500 3,500	3,500

Brendon Rubie	52,000 2,000	2,000
Jonathan Karamalikis	51,500 1,500	1,500
Tobias Kuder	51,000 1,000	1,000
Mark Teltscher	48,800 1,800	1,800

Grant Levy	43,800 -6,200	-6,200
Jesse Sylvia	42,000 1,000	1,000

Jeff Rossiter	28,000 -8,000	-8,000
Jason Mo	25,050 -50	-50
Andreas Eiler	25,000 1,000	1,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

02-02-2013 15:40 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Hachem	50,000

Hoi Cheung	50,000
Ole Schemion	50,000

Seat	Name
1	Jeff Rossiter
2	Antonio Esfandiari
3	Jonathan Karamalikis
4	Jason Mo
5	Erik Seidel
6	Elio Fox
7	Tobias Kuber

1	Vanessa Selbst
2	Mike Watson
3	Mark Teltscher
4	Andreas Eiler
5	Daniel Neilson
6	Jesse Sylvia

1	Grant Levy
2	Brendon Rubie
3	Ole Schemion
4	Hoi Cheung
5	James Pritchard
6	Joe Hachem

Levy Folds Two Pair

Happy_Freaked

Level 4 : 300/600, 75 ante

The board read when James Pritchard checked to Grant Levy who bet 2,200. Brendon Rubie called and so did Pritchard.

On the river the popped up and both Pritchard and Levy checked to Rubie who bet 5,050. Both Rubie's opponents folded and Levy showed his . Rubie took the pot without showing his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brendon Rubie	59,000 7,000	7,000
Grant Levy	44,000 200	200

Tags: Brendon Rubie Grant Levy

02-02-2013 16:04 UTC+10

Another One For Rubie

Happy_Freaked

Level 4 : 300/600, 75 ante

On the very next hand after Grant Levy folded two pair to him it was Brendon Rubie who took down another pot.

Rubie raised from the hijack and Hoi Cheung and Joe Hachem called from the button and the big blind. The flop brought out and Hachem checked to Rubie who bet 1,800. Cheung made the call and Hachem folded.

The turn brought the and Rubie fired out 4,800. This was enough to pick up the pot and Rubie jumped up to 66,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brendon Rubie	66,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Brendon Rubie Hoi Cheung Joe Hachem

02-02-2013 16:11 UTC+10

Antonio Keeps Winning at Lodden Thinks

donpeters

Level 4 : 300/600, 75 ante

Antonio Esfandiari can't seem to really do anything wrong here in the $25,000 Challenge at the 2013 Aussie Millions. He's currently at the top of the leader board and just won his fourth game of "Lodden Thinks" in a row.

On this round of the guessing game, Esfandiari asked our reporter a very unique question: How many bananas does our reporter think Joe Hachem could eat in two hours if he's getting paid $10,000 per banana he eats?

After a minute or two of thought, our reporter locked in his number and the bidding began. After some back and forth between Esfandiari and Jeff Rossiter, who was bidding for the table, Esfandiari said, "20."

"Buy," said Rossiter.

Esfandiari then asked our reporter for his number, and the number was revealed at 20.

"Ship it!" yelled Esfandiari with another big smile on his face as he had won again.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Jeff Rossiter Joe Hachem

02-02-2013 16:14 UTC+10

Six Figures For Fox

Happy_Freaked

Level 4 : 300/600, 75 ante

Elio Fox was just the second player to get over the 100,000-chip mark. Fox raised pre flop to 1,400 and Tobias Kuder called from the hijack. The flop came down and Fox bet 2,400, Kuder called.

On the turn the hit and Fox fired out 5,100 and Kuder called. The river brought the and Fox bet 13,500 and Kuder called again. Fox turned over for the flopped nuts and Kuder mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elio Fox	105,000 30,000	30,000

Tobias Kuder	32,000 -19,000	-19,000

Tags: Elio Fox Tobias Kuder

02-02-2013 16:19 UTC+10

Hachem Done Quickly

Happy_Freaked

Level 4 : 300/600, 75 ante

Joe Hachem has just been the second player to be knocked out of this event. We didn't catch the action but Brendon Rubie was kind enough to share with us what happened.

Pritchard had raised to 1,200 preflop and Hachem three-bet to 2,800. This wasn't enough for Pritchard who put in a four-bet to 5,500 and this time Hachem called.

The flop brought out and Pritchard bet 5,100, Hachem called. On the turn a popped up and Pritchard bet 13,600 after which Hachem moved all in for 36,500. Pritchard snap-called and showed versus Hachem's . The river brought a blank and Hachem was knocked out.